Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent.
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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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